A little while back we produced a t-shirt design inspired by something David Simon (creator of ‘The Wire’) once said in an interview.Mark Kermode asked him what he thought about critics of ‘The Wire’ (there are critics of The Wire?) who said the show alienated the average viewer by not explaining everything in painfully dumbed down terms; Simon replied quite succinctly (and visibly irritated): “...

A little while back we produced a t-shirt design inspired by something David Simon (creator of ‘The Wire’) once said in an interview.Mark Kermode asked him what he thought about critics of ‘The Wire’ (there are critics of The Wire?) who said the show alienated the average viewer by not explaining everything in painfully dumbed down terms; Simon replied quite succinctly (and visibly irritated): “Fuck the Average Viewer”.What a great response. Not just because it was so visceral and punk rock but because it surmised the whole argument over dumbing down of our culture. I mean, what did pander...

Propergandanoun1. any device deliberately used to influence the thoughts and actions of someone in alignment with the views of a particular doctrine or cause.2. "Nothin' Proper about ya Propaganda" lyric taken from the song Bullet in the Head by Rage Against The Machine